All Things Health

I had a scary episode in the middle of the night with my heart. I woke up with it beating really fast in a rhythm that felt foreign to me, but it was at least steady instead of erratic. I think it made it to 120 bpm or so at most. Of course, I thought the worst, and I went into a full-blown panic and almost wanted to rush to the hospital because it was not going down for about 20 minutes. I do get worried I'm going to end up with a thyroid storm because I have been lowering my dosage, but thankfully I did not have symptoms to coincide. I also am afraid of atrial fibrillation coming about because of my thyroid issues.

However, I did some reading, and I might have experienced a nocturnal panic attack. I read that if it was something with my heart (such as SVT or afib) that it would likely stop (return to normal) just as abruptly as it starts or be irregular, but that if it's a panic attack, then it would be a more gradual reduction and the beat would remain consistent. Mine did seem to slowly go down instead of just like the snap of the fingers as well.

I do know I have been experiencing more stress and anxiety. Sometimes I even get this adrenaline rush feeling that I can't shake for a while. It could be my thyroid, as these are symptoms of going more hyper again.

I am thinking of maybe buying a personal EKG device so I can catch any weird episodes in the act and show it to my doctor. That might at least help me determine if it is indeed my heart or something else. I am researching them, so we'll see what I end up getting.